She was best known for her roles on Three’s Company and Step by Step, Suzanne Somers passed away peacefully Sunday.
Somers starred in Three’s Company opposite John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt for four seasons. At the start of the fifth season, she asked for a raise from $30,000 an episode to $150,000 an episode, equal to what Ritter was making. ABC offered only a $5,000 bump, and Somers missed two episode tapings before being fired by the network.
Somers died on Sunday morning, She would have been 77 today.
She survived an aggressive form of breast cancer for over 23 years,” Somers’
Suzanne was surrounded by her loving husband Alan, her son Bruce, and her immediate family,” “Her family was gathered to celebrate her 77th birthday on October 16th. Instead, they will celebrate her extraordinary life, and thanks her millions of fans and followers who loved her dearly.”
Joyce Dewitt who played “Janet Wood” on Three’s Company remembering Suzanne after her death. Wood released a statement with PEOPLE on her hopes for Somers’ family.
“My heart goes out to Suzanne’s family,” DeWitt, 74, said. “They are a very close family — deeply connected and caring one to the other. I can only imagine how difficult this time is for all of them.”
She also reflected on Somers’ death, writing, “I’m sure Suzanne was greeted by Angels into the loving wisdom waiting for all of us on the other side, and I hope that will assist her family’s hearts in healing as they travel through this difficult time.”
“Suzanne and I just returned home from the Midwest where Suzanne had six weeks of intensive physical therapy,”
